From Garrison Keillor:
“A Christmas Blizzard is a story about a rich man who dreads the holiday with its poignant memories of a stringent childhood and who longs to spend December at his estate in Hawaii. But his adored wife is ill and so their departure is delayed, when a phone call from cousin Liz in his hometown of Looseleaf, N.D. his uncle Earl is dying brings the rich man out of the doldrums and back to the scene of his childhood where his private jet is socked in by a humongous blizzard. There is a ghost, a wise man of San Francisco, a genial uncle, an undercover FBI agent, a steamy sauna scene, and the singing of Christmas carols. And several feet of snow. ”

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Garrison explains why he gave some of the characters the surname Sparrow in "Birds of a Feather"A Christmas Blizzard reviews
Keillor offers up a mystical homecoming
(Minneapolis Star Tribune)
Keillor unwraps new holiday book, 'A Christmas Blizzard'
(St. Paul Pioneer Press)
12 books of Christmas to give your true love and others
(USATODAY)
"...a Christmas tale that makes Dickens seem unimaginative by comparison."
(John Grooms, charlotte.creativeloafing.com)
'A Christmas Blizzard' and more
(The Miami Herald)
'Blizzard' is classic quirky Garrison Keillor
(Deseret News)
"A perfect fireside, feel-good read no matter where you live."
(Fort Worth Star-Telegram)
Review: A Christmas Blizzard
(Carole Turner, bookreporter.com)
"Keillor's wry humor crackles throughout."
(Dayton Daily News)
"Keillor, ever the consummate performer, knows how to squeeze every chuckle from his prose."
(The Boston Globe)
All I want for Christmas is nice holiday reading
(The Indianapolis Star)
Keillor evokes Dickens in ‘A Christmas Blizzard’
(The Buffalo News)
“...perfect for curling up by the fireplace.”
(The Columbus Dispatch)
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192 pages
Hardcover
Pub. Date: November 3, 2009
Signed copies available.
Audio Version»
5 hours on 5 CDs, unabridged & read by Garrison Keillor with music by Richard Dworsky.
Garrison Keillor interview about A Christmas Blizzard»
As heard on Midday on Minnesota Public Radio
Garrison Keillor reads from his new book, A Christmas Blizzard;
from the Cambridge Forum